Automobile-gearing.



PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. 1;. v. LOCHNER. AUTOMOBILE GEA RING.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.14. 1907.

LESTER V. LOOHNER, OF AUBURN, TNDIANA.

AUTOMOBILE-(E ARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 19, 1908.

Application filed. Gotober 14, 1907. Serial No. 397,383.

' To all whom it may concern:

- of an automobile 36 it known that i, LESTER V. LoonnER, a citizen ofthe, United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Dekalb andState of indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAutomobile-Gearing, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gearing, and more particularly to automobilegearing, and has for its object to provide a gearin of this characterwith a novel means for o anging the relative angle of the forward Wheelsof the automobile with respect to the driven shaft.

Other objects and advantages will be ap-. parent from the followingdescription and it will he understood that ch'anges'in the specifici'orin shown and described may be'noade within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the drawings forming a part of thisspecification, and in which likenumerals of referenceindicate similar parts in the several views, Figure1 is atop plan view of a portion showing my invention applied thereto,Fig 2 is a front elevation, Fig. .i'is a detail top lan view of thegearing, Fig. 4 is a vertical ongitudinal section, Fig. 5 is a face viewof one oi the gears.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, there is shown anautomobile 5, including a forward driven axle (n and the wheels 7therefor. The axis 6 is provided with a gear 8 and this gearineshes witha gear 9 mounted upon a drive shaft 10. Mounted upon the ends of theaxle 6, tl'iere are shown yokes l1 and 12 respectively, and

these yokos consist of the vertically eXtend- I ing portions 13 and thehorizontally and outwardly extending portions 1-4 and 15. The portion 13of each yoke 8 and S) is provided with a horizontally extending passage16 and through this passage there is passedthe ends of the driven axle ISubstantially hemispherical gear wheels 17 are formed upon the shat't6and outwardly oi the portions 13 oi the yokos 11 and 12 and those gearsare thus disposed between the portions 14 and 15 of the yoke. The gearwheels 17 are provided upon their hemispherical laces with gear teeth18, and these g ar teeth are preferably arranged in rows around theloves of the gears, and the tooth of each row being arranged alternateto those in the preceding row.

' Yokes 19 and 20 are pivoted to the yokes 11 and i2, and theseyokesconsist of the vertically extending portions 21, and the upper and'lower horizontally extending portions -22 and 2.3, and theseportions 22and 23 are arranged to lie inwardly of and beneath the ortions 14 and 15of the yokes 11 and 12. pivot bolt 24 is disposed through passages 25 inthe respective yokes iorpivotal movement. The vertical portions .21 ofthe yokes 19 and '20 are provided with hori zontally extending passages26 and these passages are arranged to lie in line with the passages 1.6formed in the portion 13 oi the yokes 11 and 12. Shafts 27 arearrmigedin the passages 26, and these shafts carry at their inner ends, gearwheels 28 which similar to the gears 17, and are thus arranged to meshtherewith. The shafts 27 are thus arranged to support the Wheels 7 ofthe automobile.

The usual steering rods 29 are connected with the yokes 19 and 30 bymeans of which the front wheels of the vehicle may he turned at thedesired angle.

What is claimed is;

A gearing of the class described, 0: n2- prising a drive-shaft, a drivenshaft geared thereto, the driven shaft having yokes socured at its outerends, the yokes con'lprlsing vertically extending portions and outwardly& and horizol'itally extending portions at the upper and lower endsthereof, the driven I shaft having hemispherical gears at the outerends, the teeth of the gears being arranged in circun'iferential rowsupon the hemispherical faces, the teeth of the ltornate rows being;arranged between the teeth oi the opposlte rows, a second yoke mountedfor angular movement with respect to the first yoke, the yoke having ashaft a hemispherical gear carried by the shaft and arranged to ineshwith the first named gear, and a steering apparatusconnected with thelast named yo res.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

LESTER v. LoonNEu.

Witnesses: Suns J. BRANDON, t". V. lillANDnn;

